For playground, field, and forest; the outdoor handy book (1900)
Beard, Daniel Carter, 1850-1941 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 267
re built. Strange Birds on the City Housetops. Up aloft, above the crowded, noisy streets, you are morefree to breathe, to see and to enjoy life. Overhead is the 240 Suniuier blue sky, as yet unmarred by no trespass signs, andunfrequented bv policemen. Even the wild birds knowthis, and 1 have… … <&i^ > Fig. 235.—a City Boys Zoo. Fifth Avenue, I saw a black-crested night heron patientlystanding on one leg in a pool of rain-water, awaiting theappearance of some unwary fish or frog, all unconscious ofthe fact that such creatures do not, as a rule, frequent redtin roofs. Once, while…
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